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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Richland County Public Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461300396
SC · NTEE B19
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Lominack, Executive Director / CEO ($76,152) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,061 $76,152
$5,49610th
$9,07225th
$26,319Median
$66,97475th
$128,89090th
$76,152This org · 79th
p10$5,496
p25$9,072
p50$26,319
p75$66,974
p90$128,890
$76,152

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to SC cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Enterprise InstituteSD $231,030$162,624 990
Hand-n-hand Early Learning Center IncDE $234,545$5,137 990
Catch The Stars FoundationIN $227,758$47,450 990
The Academy On Capitalism And LimitedIL $238,786$103,432 990
Unique Xpression Ministries Inc $215,734$15,000 990
Cristo Rey Dallas Academic CenterTX $249,287$15,065 990
Help HomeschoolOH $250,586$9,072 990
Indiana Lifelong Learning Projects IncIN $251,320$68,974 990
Youth Mentoring Initiative IncIN $251,881$64,239 990
District 7 High School RodeoID $207,400$6,933 990
Badgerland After School Enrichment Program IncWI $259,957$66,899 990
Gpf Woodson Park Nmtc IncGA $201,061$16,992 990
Srcs Building CompanyMN $198,837$4,563 990
Computer Recycling Of Virginia IncVA $267,891$66,974 990
Citysquash Support CorporationNY $268,677$37,614 990
EnlearnWA $274,936$131,830 990
Geneva Lake Astrophysics And Steam IncWI $187,866$142,693 990
Interra Cares Foundation IncIN $176,598$228,061 990
Children First FoundationAZ $293,527$20,664 990
Partners Library Action NetworkTX $293,669$26,319 990
Excellence Academies Foundation IncNY $170,893$38,726 990
Chd AcademyCA $169,137$7,833 990
Nys ClsaNY $164,863$5,065 990
Satori Elementary School IncTX $303,455$58,601 990
Skourtes InstituteOR $158,603$1 990

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to SC cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Robert Lominack) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,152 is reasonable (approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.